Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, Roman coin

HER Number:
1485

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, St. Nicholas Square, Roman coin

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Currency

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Coin

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
At a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries A.M. Oliver exhibited a Roman brass coin of Antoninus Pius, in poor condition, 'found in trench recently dug in the roadway immediately to the east of the Queen Victoria statue in St. Nicholas's Square, Newcastle'.

Easting:
2498

Northing:
6403

Grid Reference:
NZ24986403

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1485 >> A.M. Oliver, 1923, Exhibited,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X (for 1921-22), 343